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Medvedev congratulates people in Russia on Def Day.
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MOSCOW, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - RF President Dmitry Medvedev has
congratulated people in Russia on the Fatherland Defenders' Day.
"I congratulate all defenders of our country on the festive date.
Russia needs peace. This means that we must be strong," Medvedev pointed
out in an entry in his Twitter blog on Wednesday.
.Two ISS Russian cosmonauts begin preps for landing.
MOSCOW, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - Two Russian cosmonauts -- Alexander
Kalery and Oleg Skripochka -- from among the crew of the International
Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday begin to prepare for return to Earth in
March.
Valery Lyndin, spokesman of the Flight Control Center (FCC) outside
Moscow, has told Itar-Tass, "Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery, Oleg
Skripochka, and Dmitry Kondratyev and their crewmates -- NASA astronauts
Scott Kelly, Catherine Coleman, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo
Nespoli -- have already celebrated their holidays: America's Thanksgiving
Day, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christmas, and the advent of the new
year".
Workschedule does not envisage intensive work aboard the ISS for
Wednesday: the crew are advised to have a rest ahead of elaborate
operations to ensure docking with the second European resupply spaceship
of the ATV series, Johann Kepler, which is to moor at the orbital complex
on February 24.
Kalery and Skripochka, who together with ISS-26 mission commander
Kelly, will set out on a return journey on March 16, begin to prepare for
an encounter with terrestrial gravitation. On Wednesday they hold the
first training session in the special facility called Chibis (pewit) which
helps achieve terrestrial gravitation effect by developing a negative
pressure on the lower part of the body.
The Russian cosmonauts "stand" in the airtight facility for 20 minutes
four times a day on the three-week concluding phase of the flight and on
the last two days before descent to Earth, the "artificial gravitation"
session is extended up to 55 minutes.
Medics continuously monitor the cosmonauts' pulsebeat and arterial
pressure. Apart from Chibis training sessions, two weeks prior to return
home, the cosmonauts begin to take special food additives, and drink salt
solutions directly on the day of descent to prevent dehydration of the
organism during landing. Russsian preventive measures enable the
cosmonauts to return to Earth in normal physical condition and readapt
quickly to terrestrial gravitation, FCC officials emphasize.
While Kalery and Skripochka will be busy promoting their health,
Kondratyev will engage in the technical servicing of the ISS life-support
systems.
During the rest of leisure hours, the crewmembers, remembering the
Fatherland Defenders Day, will be able to watch some patriotic film from
the onboard extensive video library or listen to favourite music.
.Medvedev to present CMG certificates to three cities.
MOSCOW, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - On the Fatherland Defenders Day,
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will present certificates marking the
awarding of the honorary title of City of Military Glory to Vladivostok,
Tver, and Tikhvin. The three cities will be added to the illustrious list
which now contains 30 glorious cities.
According to tradition, on the Fatherland Defenders' Day, the
President of the Russian Federation will also lay flowers at the Unknown
Soldier's Tomb in the Alexandrine Garden.
Vladivostok, Tver, and Tikhvin have been awarded the honorary title
"for courage, fortitude, and mass heroism displayed by the defenders of
the citites in the struggle for the freedom and independence of the
Fatherland". Relevant decrees were signed by the Head of State early in
November 2010.
The City of Military Glory title was instituted in 2006 and is awarded
to cities, "in the territories of which or in direct proximity to which
the defenders of the Fatherland displayed courage, fortitude and mass
heroism during fierce battles, and to cities which were awarded the title
of Hero City. In Soviet times, the Hero City title was awarded to the
following 12 cities: Leningrad, Volgograd, Kiev, Sevastopol, Odessa,
Moscow, Kerch, Novorossiisk, Minsk, Tula, Murmansk, Smolensk, and Brest
(Brest Fortress).
Special steles will be installed in each of the three latest-awarded
cities. The steles will represent the emblem of the city and the text of
the respective Presidential Decree awarding the title.
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MOSCOW, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - RF President Dmitry Medvedev has
congratulated people in Russia on the Fatherland Defenders' Day.
"I congratulate all defenders of our country on the festive date.
Russia needs peace. This means that we must be strong," Medvedev pointed
out in an entry in his Twitter blog on Wednesday.
.Two ISS Russian cosmonauts begin preps for landing.
MOSCOW, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - Two Russian cosmonauts -- Alexander
Kalery and Oleg Skripochka -- from among the crew of the International
Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday begin to prepare for return to Earth in
March.
Valery Lyndin, spokesman of the Flight Control Center (FCC) outside
Moscow, has told Itar-Tass, "Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery, Oleg
Skripochka, and Dmitry Kondratyev and their crewmates -- NASA astronauts
Scott Kelly, Catherine Coleman, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo
Nespoli -- have already celebrated their holidays: America's Thanksgiving
Day, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christmas, and the advent of the new
year".
Workschedule does not envisage intensive work aboard the ISS for
Wednesday: the crew are advised to have a rest ahead of elaborate
operations to ensure docking with the second European resupply spaceship
of the ATV series, Johann Kepler, which is to moor at the orbital complex
on February 24.
Kalery and Skripochka, who together with ISS-26 mission commander
Kelly, will set out on a return journey on March 16, begin to prepare for
an encounter with terrestrial gravitation. On Wednesday they hold the
first training session in the special facility called Chibis (pewit) which
helps achieve terrestrial gravitation effect by developing a negative
pressure on the lower part of the body.
The Russian cosmonauts "stand" in the airtight facility for 20 minutes
four times a day on the three-week concluding phase of the flight and on
the last two days before descent to Earth, the "artificial gravitation"
session is extended up to 55 minutes.
Medics continuously monitor the cosmonauts' pulsebeat and arterial
pressure. Apart from Chibis training sessions, two weeks prior to return
home, the cosmonauts begin to take special food additives, and drink salt
solutions directly on the day of descent to prevent dehydration of the
organism during landing. Russsian preventive measures enable the
cosmonauts to return to Earth in normal physical condition and readapt
quickly to terrestrial gravitation, FCC officials emphasize.
While Kalery and Skripochka will be busy promoting their health,
Kondratyev will engage in the technical servicing of the ISS life-support
systems.
During the rest of leisure hours, the crewmembers, remembering the
Fatherland Defenders Day, will be able to watch some patriotic film from
the onboard extensive video library or listen to favourite music.
.Medvedev to present CMG certificates to three cities.
MOSCOW, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - On the Fatherland Defenders Day,
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will present certificates marking the
awarding of the honorary title of City of Military Glory to Vladivostok,
Tver, and Tikhvin. The three cities will be added to the illustrious list
which now contains 30 glorious cities.
According to tradition, on the Fatherland Defenders' Day, the
President of the Russian Federation will also lay flowers at the Unknown
Soldier's Tomb in the Alexandrine Garden.
Vladivostok, Tver, and Tikhvin have been awarded the honorary title
"for courage, fortitude, and mass heroism displayed by the defenders of
the citites in the struggle for the freedom and independence of the
Fatherland". Relevant decrees were signed by the Head of State early in
November 2010.
The City of Military Glory title was instituted in 2006 and is awarded
to cities, "in the territories of which or in direct proximity to which
the defenders of the Fatherland displayed courage, fortitude and mass
heroism during fierce battles, and to cities which were awarded the title
of Hero City. In Soviet times, the Hero City title was awarded to the
following 12 cities: Leningrad, Volgograd, Kiev, Sevastopol, Odessa,
Moscow, Kerch, Novorossiisk, Minsk, Tula, Murmansk, Smolensk, and Brest
(Brest Fortress).
Special steles will be installed in each of the three latest-awarded
cities. The steles will represent the emblem of the city and the text of
the respective Presidential Decree awarding the title.
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